Industrial Networking
Cisco’s Connected Factory solutions boost performance with a secure industrial network backbone.
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Create an end-to-end network architecture
Use the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to connect business systems with automation and control. Leverage our tested, validated designs to optimize industrial network performance.
Factory Network
Connect automation and control systems to IT systems with a converged, standards-based industrial Ethernet network.
Factory Wireless
Create a unified, highly secure wireless network, and improve communications on the plant floor.
Factory Security
Protect plant assets and production integrity with our suite of industrial security products, technologies, and services.
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Bring your factory to the future
See how the experts at IDC recommend approaching your digital manufacturing and IIoT projects. (PDF - 579 KB)
Build an industrial network architecture
Use our Connected Factory map as a guide for your industrial network. (PDF - 5.1 MB )
Are you ready for the Industrial IoT?
Take this 5-minute survey to see where you stand relative to your peers on Industrial IoT readiness, and get estimates for the value at stake.
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Bring IT and OT teams together
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Accelerate digital transformation and ROI
Our comprehensive consulting services for the Cisco Connected Factory help you plan, design, build, optimize, and manage your solution.
Marcegaglia's factory of the future
"The investment we had to make was aimed at completing the transformation of Marcegaglia into a connected factory by adopting a unified network for the company and the plants that could enable process re-engineering from an Internet of Things perspective all the way along a totally computerized supply chain."
Livio Bonatti, Network Infrastructure Manager at Marcegaglia